United States Air Force – medical discharge, recognized disabled veteran

Family

Married, five children

Faith

Baptist

Key issue

My top priority is to preserve the integrity and security of our elections. We must modernize voter registration by implementing secure voter initiatives like same day voter registration, 16-year-old-pre-voter registration, election day holiday, automatic voter registration and create an online system to vote by mail. We must safeguard voter data and protect voters from cyberspace threats. We must ensure our voter rolls are clean and accurate. We must enhance communication with State and County Officials and support our hard-working workers and volunteers. We must remove partisan politics from our redistricting procedures so elected officials are held accountable.

Bob Evnen

Bachelor of arts, social science, Michigan State; law degree, University of Southern California

Family

Married, three grown children, two grandchildren

Faith

Key issue

My top priorities are these: (1) Voting security. I support voter ID, it's just common sense. We can have voter ID without disenfranchising properly registered voters. I also support confirming that those who register to vote are citizens of the United States. (2) Public safety. I was a co-founder of Nebraskans for the Death Penalty. The Secretary of State is a member of the Nebraska Pardons Board. Public safety will be my number one consideration. (3) Economic security. The Secretary of State is Nebraska's protocol officer. I will work with the governor using that status to help expand Nebraska's export trade.

Voter info

» Register in person at an election commission office, the DMV, or in Douglas County, any of Omaha’s 12 library branches.

Registration questions

Visit www.votercheck.necvr.ne.gov to check whether you’re registered to vote and find your polling place. If you think you should be able to vote at a polling place but there’s a problem with the registration, request to fill out a provisional ballot. The election commission will collect them and then has a week to verify whether you are eligible to vote.

To see a sample ballot

See a sample ballot from the Nebraska Secretary of State website here.

To find your district

Visit votercheck.necvr.ne.gov and look up your registration info or polling place to find a list of the political districts you live in.

Important dates

Oct. 1: First day for early voting ballots to be mailed.
Oct. 9: First day to vote early in person at election commission office.
Oct. 19: Deadline to register to vote online, by mail, at agencies, at the DMV office, by deputy registrar or by registration form that’s delivered to the election office by someone other than the person registering
Oct. 26: Deadline for in-person voter registration at election commission office, 6 p.m. Deadline for early voting ballots to be requested to be mailed to a specific address, 6 p.m. Deadline for write-in candidates to file notarized affidavit and filing fee with filing officer.
Nov. 5: Deadline for in-person early voting at election commission office, 5 p.m. (Sarpy County office closes at 4:45 p.m.)
Nov. 6: Election Day! Polls open from 8 a.m. until 8 p.m. 7 p.m.: Deadline for agent to pick up early voting ballot. 8 p.m.: Deadline to return early voting ballot to election commission office or drop box location
Nov. 13: Deadline for verification of provisional ballots

Here are the Douglas County drop box locations, opening in early October: